Meesen has confirmed the addition of George Swarbrick from Newtown & Chilwell and former North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup player Hasker Dawborn.

“We haven’t felt we’ve needed to go for any big names from a GFL club or anything like that,” Meesen said.

“I think the way we’ve structured it up, we’ve got a pretty even group.

“We’ve still got Josh Finch playing at a high level, Mitch Fisher is one of the best players in the competition when he’s up-and-going, Cody Grant had a really strong finish to the year, Matt Farrelly was really good all year, and with Seamus Orr as a playing coach and Troy Anderson, we feel we’ve got a few we really want to reward.

“Jezza and Sturzy (leaving) creates some opportunities. Our twos lost the grand final by a point last year, so there’s a few guys chomping at the bit to play some more senior footy in 2019.